Black Panther collection, circa 1967-1973.
Collection Number: 8069

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Black Panther collection, circa 1967-1973.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8069
Abstract:
Publications, posters, handbills, flyers and news clippings covering the activities of the Black Panthers and several of its members. Publications include issues of the periodicals The Black Panther, Black Panther community newsletter, Liberated guardian, Open city, and The Berkeley tribe, and pamphlets by Huey P. Newton and Kim Il Sung. Many of the posters, handbills, and flyers concern Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, or Eldridge Cleaver. Other items include a cover proof for If they come in the morning by Angela Y. Davis.
Creator:
Black Panther Party
Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994.
Newton, Huey P.
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- (Title of work: If they come in the morning..)
Quanitities:
1.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Publications, posters, handbills, flyers and news clippings covering the activities of the Black Panthers and several of its members. Publications include issues of the periodicals The Black Panther, Black Panther community newsletter, Liberated guardian, Open city, and The Berkeley tribe, and pamphlets by Huey P. Newton and Kim Il Sung. Many of the posters, handbills, and flyers concern Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, or Eldridge Cleaver. Other items include a cover proof for If they come in the morning by Angela Y. Davis.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Black Panther Collection, #8069. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Newton, Huey P.
Seale, Bobby, 1936-
Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998.
Black Panther Party
Form and Genre Terms:
Fliers (printed matter).
Posters.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Publications
Subseries Ia. Black Panther Community News Service
Box 6 Folder 2
No. 4, You Can't Jail a Revolution
1969-09-01
Box 6 Folder 2
Vol. 1, No. 6, Huey Must be Set Free!
1967-11-23
Box 6 Folder 2
Vol. 3, No. 21, Next Victim of Fascist Frameup?
1969-09-13
Box 4 Folder 1
Vol. 4, No. 3, By lifting their hands against these revolutionaries
1969-12-20
Scope and Contents
Year misidentified on cover as 1967
Box 4 Folder 2
Vol. 2, No. 2, Free All Black Political Prisoners
1968-05-04
Box 4 Folder 3
Vol. 2, No. 23, Happy Birthday Huey
1969-02-17
Box 4 Folder 4
Vol. 2, No. 25, Viva Zapata 1883-1919
1969-03-09
Box 4 Folder 5
Vol. 2, No. 28, Chairman Bobby Seale Returns From Scandinavia
1969-03-31
Box 4 Folder 6
Vol. 3, No. 8, Capitalism Plus Racism Breeds Fascism
1969-06-14
Box 4 Folder 7
Vol. 3, No. 9, Reagan's Fascist Pigs Vamp on Sacramento HQ
1969-06-21
Box 4 Folder 8
Vol. 3, No. 11, Eldridge Cleaver Breaks His Silence
1969-07-05
Box 4 Folder 9
Vol. 3, No. 12
1969-07-12
Box 4 Folder 10
Vol. 3, No. 14, United Against Fascism
1969-07-26
Box 4 Folder 11
Vol. 3, No. 22, Our Fight Is Not in Vietnam
1969-09-20
Box 6 Folder 2
Vol 3, No. 24, Bobby Seale, Chairman
1969-10-04
Box 4 Folder 12
Vol. 3, No. 28, Political Prisoners of USA Fascism
1969-11-01
Box 4 Folder 13
Vol. 4, No. 4, Although my body may be bound and shackled…
1969-12-27
Box 4 Folder 14
Vol. 4, No. 8, The Invincible Thoughts of The Black Panther Party Can Never Be Destroyed By Fire Nor Water,
1970-01-31
Box 4 Folder 15
Vol. 4, No. 10, Happy Birthday Huey
1970-02-17
Box 4 Folder 16
Vol. 4, No. 14, Hunter's Point 1967; Hunter's Point 1970
1970-03-07
Box 4 Folder 17
Vol. 4, No. 18, He Was The Beginning: Lil Bobby Hutton
1970-04-06
Box 5 Folder 1
Vol. 4, No. 20, "This Is But An Aspect Of The Unfolding Picture Of American Fascism,"
1970-04-18
Box 5 Folder 2
Vol. 4, No. 22, 'The Black Panther Party is the People's Party and We Are Primarily Interested in Freeing Man.'
1970-05-02
Box 5 Folder 3
Vol. 4, No. 24, The Heirs of Malcolm Have Picked Up The Gun and Now Stand Millions Strong Facing The Racist Pig Oppressor
1970-05-19
Box 5 Folder 4
Vol. 4, No. 25 and 26, Babylon,
1970-05-31
Box 5 Folder 5
Vol. 5, No. 7, Revolutionary Suicide
1970-08-15
Box 5 Folder 6
Vol. 5, No. 8, If The Penalty for the Quest for Freedom is Death—Then by Death We Escape to Freedom
1970-08-21
Box 5 Folder 7
Vol. 5, No. 10, Lonnie McLucas
1970-09-05
Box 5 Folder 8
Vol. 5, No. 17, Rent-A-Pid Kills 14 Year Old Brother In Homemade Playground
1970-10-24
Box 5 Folder 9
Vol. 5, No. 20, On The Battlefield In Cairo, Illinois
1970-11-14
Box 5 Folder 10
Vol. 5, No. 24, New York City…Criminal Slumlords Are Crime Partners With City Government Officials and Courts
1970-12-26
Box 5 Folder 11
Vol. 5, No. 26, The Last Christmas???
1970-12-14
Box 5 Folder 12
Vol. 5, No. 28, In the spirit of revolutionary solidarity
1971-01-09
Subseries Ia. Black Panther Intercommunal News Service
Box 5 Folder 13
Vol. 6, No. 5, The San Quentin Branch of The Black Panther Party Opens!
1971-02-27
Box 5 Folder 14
Vol. 6, No. 9, The World is Yours, As Well As Ours
1971-03-27
Box 5 Folder 15
Vol. 6, No. 11, Black Genocide: Sickle Cell Anemia
1971-04-10
Box 5 Folder 16
Vol. 7. No. 12, World War III?
1971-11-13
Box 5 Folder 17
Vol. 7, No. 19, Cease-fire Verdict in L.A.
1972-01-01
Box 5 Folder 20
Vol. 7, No. 25, Another Mother For Struggle
1972-02-12
Box 5 Folder 21
Vol. 7, No. 28. Welcome Home, Angela Davis
1972-03-04
Box 6 Folder 2
Vol. 7, No. 29, The Glass Cage Must Come Down!
1971-08-14
Box 5 Folder 22
Vol. 8, No. 5, No Eviction, Free Repairs—If You Were Your Own Landlord
1972-04-22
Box 5 Folder 23
Vol. 8, No. 21, Survival Pending Liberation
1972-08-12
Box 6 Folder 2
Vol. 9, No. 26, Vote April 17th
1973-04-14
Box 1
Center spread only, "24 Hour Vigils for Eldridge Cleaver"
1968-12-07
Subseries Ia. Other publications
Box 4 Folder 18
Right On! Black Community News Service, Vol. 1, No. 1, Deputy Field Marshall Robert Webb Slain by Huey's Assassins
1971-04-03
Box 4 Folder 19-20
Right On! Revolutionary Peoples Communication Network. 32 Political Prisoners Murdered in Attica Prison
1971
Box 4 Folder 21
Right On! Revolutionary Peoples Communications Network, Vol. 1, No. 3, Special Issue: The Peoples Republic of Congo
1971-08-03
Box 6 Folder 1
The Black Panther
Undated
Box 6 Folder 2
Liberated Guardian
1970-05-01
Box 6 Folder 2
Open City, No. 64
1968-08-09
Box 6 Folder 2
Open City, No. 65
1968-08-16
Box 6 Folder 2
Hustler!
1968-11-14
Box 1
The Berkeley Tribe, center spread
1970-02-13
Box 1
"The Panthers of Wrath are Wiser than the Horses of Instruction" clipping from unidentified newspaper
Undated
Series II. Fliers, Handbills, and Posters
Box 6 Folder 1
Zaterdatg 14 Maart … Eldridge Cleaver komt naar Nederland Toe
Undated
Handbill
Scope and Contents
Netherlands
Box 6 Folder 1
Vrÿheidsschool, Rozenstraat 6: Alle macht aan het volk
Undated
Flier
Scope and Contents
Netherlands
Box 6 Folder 1
Who is Huey P. Newton?
Undated
Creator: Huey Newton Defense Fund
Packet
Box 6 Folder 1
Notes on the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and the Peace and Freedom Movement
Undated
Packet
Box 6 Folder 1
Notes on the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and the Peace and Freedom Movement
1968
Handbill
Box 6 Folder 1
The Black Panther Party – Why?
1968
Handbill
Box 6 Folder 1
Who is Huey P. Newton?
Undated
Creator: Huey Newton Defense Fund
Packet
Box 6 Folder 1
Essays from the Minister of Defense
1968
Creator: Newton, Huey P.
Scope and Contents
Berkeley
Box 6 Folder 1
College of Malcolm X
1969
Pamphlet
Scope and Contents
Santa Cruz, CA
Box 6 Folder 1
Eldridge Cleaver is Running for President."
1968
Creator: Campus Peace and Freedom
Pamphlet
Box 6 Folder 2
Each of you should be prepared to be a match for one hundred
1970
Creator: New World Liberation Front
Creator: Sung, Kim Il
Pamphlet
Box 6 Folder 2
Alprentice Bunchy Carter Free Clinic
Undated
Flier
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles Area
Box 6 Folder 2
Walk Wendell
Undated
Flier
Scope and Contents
South Pasadena, CA
Box 6 Folder 2
John Huggins Free Hot Breakfast Program for Children
Undated
Flier
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles
Box 6 Folder 2
Occupying Pigs Running Amok
Undated
Flier
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles Area
Box 6 Folder 2
Protests of the film Superfly
1972
Packet
Scope and Contents
Newark, NJ
Box 6 Folder 2
Cover proof for If They Come in the Morning
1971
Creator: Davis, Angela
Box 6 Folder 2
Liberation News Service #370 cover
1971-08-25
Scope and Contents
New York
Box 6 Folder 2
Conference: Nigeria Biafra Relief
1969-04
Flier
Scope and Contents
Berkeley
Box 6 Folder 2
Friends of the Black Panthers: Bobby Seale rappin' and Phil Ochs singin'…
Undated">
Flier
Box 6 Folder 2
Liberation News Service #370 cover
Undated1970-04-18">1970-04-18
Scope and Contents
New York
Box 6 Folder 2
What Are the Facts? Who Are the Real Criminals?
Undated
Poster
Scope and Contents
Philadelphia
Box 6 Folder 2
Huey P. Newton Ralley
1970-02
Flier
Box 1
What We Want: October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform
1966-10
Poster
Scope and Contents
New Haven
Box 1
Power to the People
Undated
Poster|pamphlet
Scope and Contents
New York
Box 1
"Ramparts" Bobby Seale
1970-01
Poster
Box 1
May Day… Free Huey Day – Mass Rally…
1969-04
Poster
Scope and Contents
San Francisco, CA
Box 1
Free David Hilliard – Black Panther Party – Free All Political Prisoners
1971
Poster
Box 1
Ramparts mounted cover
1970-01
Box 1
Black Panther Party: Central Headquarters. Unused letterhead
Undated
Box 1
Vote For Survival: Bobby Seale for Mayor of Oakland
1973
Poster
Box 1
Elaine Brown for Councilwoman of Oakland
1973
Poster
Scope and Contents
Oakland
Box 1
Bobby Seale for Mayor of Oakland
1973
Poster
Scope and Contents
Oakland
Box 1
Here and Now for Bobby Seale
Undated
Poster
Box 1
Seize the Time
Undated
Poster
Box 1
Untitled poster designed by Emory Douglas: Mother and Child
Undated
Creator: Douglas, Emory
Poster
Box 1
The Black Panther Party: 40th Reunion and Celebration
2006
Poster
Scope and Contents
Oakland
Box 1
Free Huey Newton: Stokely Carmichael, Kathleen Cleaver, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale.
Undated
Poster
Box 1
George Jackson, Field Mashal, Black Panther Party
Undated
Poster
Box 6 Folder 1
56 vintage newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the Black Panther Party
Undated
Box 3 Folder 1
End Racist Attacks on Panthers—Rely on Workers, Not Lawyers!
Undated
Creator: Progressive Labor Party
Flier|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 2
Attica…
1972
Creator: United Defense to Free Political Prisoners
Box 3 Folder 3
Cisco-Kidd Pig Rizzo Oinks Again! Gunman Slain by Police
1970
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 4
The People Must Free the 21!!
1970
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 5
Community Meetings with the Black Panther Party
1970-1972
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 6
Revolutionary Intercommunal Solidarity Day Rally
1970
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 7
Where's the Conspiracy, Free the Panther 21
1970
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 8
It's a Free Country… Isn't it?
1969
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 9
Black People Boycott
1965-1969
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 10
People's No. 1 Enemy
1970-1974
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 11
Free the Panther 21, Free All Political Prisoners
1970
Handbill|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 12
You Can Help The Harlem 4
1972
Creator: Charter Group for a Pledge of Conscience
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 13
Relocations
1969-1970
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 14
First You… Now Your Children…
1965-1970
Flyer|Mimeograph
Box 3 Folder 15
Free the N.Y. 21
1970
Flyer
Box 3 Folder 16
Over the Bridge; On to the Jail; People's Power; Is the Panther's Bail!
1969-1972
Flyer
Scope and Contents
advertising march in Queens, New York to free the Panther 21, Bobby Seale, and all political prisoners
Box 3 Folder 17
Humanity, Freedom, Peace
1971
Creator: New World Liberation Front|Afro-American Liberation Army
Box 3 Folder 18
Black News, Vol. 2, No. 1
1973-04-01
Box 2 Folder 1
Angela Davis Newsletter: Harris Still Fails to Implicate Angela
1972
Creator: Philadelphia Committee To Free Angela Davis
Political newsletter
Scope and Contents
Contains article regarding Angela Davis' charges and trial in regards to the Soledad Brothers, as well as a list of happenings (rallies, fundraisers, and other events), and bookstores related to the Black Panther Party in Philadelphia.
Box 2 Folder 2
John Huggins Free Hot Breakfast Program for Children
1970
Poster|Mimeograph
Box 2 Folder 3
Sickle Cell Anemia
1970-1974
Flyer
Box 2 Folder 4
The Black Panther Party, William Kunstler, and Dave Dellinger are Not Speaking at Bryant Park Today Because…
1970
Flyer
Box 2 Folder 5
The Black Panther Intercommunal New Service
1971-12-26
Creator: This special issue of the Black Panther Party newspaper was printed in Vietnamese and features an illustration of a member of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong)
Scope and Contents
No. 5 (Vietnamese)
Box 2 Folder 6
Free David Hilliard, Free All Political Prisoners
1971
Poster|Screenprint
Scope and Contents
Text on poster reads, "Railroaded to prison: June 12, 1971. There were no Black People on the jury in the case of David Hilliard, although 38% of the Oakland Community is Black."
Box 2 Folder 7
"The Black Panther Party 40th Year Reunion and Celebration"
2006
Poster
Scope and Contents
Contains full color reproduction of illustration by Emory Douglas, Ministry of Culture for the Black Panther Party, and information regarding the Black Panther Party reunion in Oakland, California. Two copies.
Box 2 Folder 8
Here and Now For Bobby Seale
1970
Poster|Screenprint
Scope and Contents
Text reads, "Here and Now For Bobby Seale, We must save Bobby Seale because we must save the Black Panther Party because we must save the revolutionary spirit in America."
Box 2 Folder 9
On the 13th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Join Us In A March Against Racist Violence!
1981
Poster|Screenprint
Box 2 Folder 10
Ramparts
1970
Poster
Box 3 Folder 19
"War Sucks" button
MU-1744
Undated
Box 3 Folder 19
"All Power to The People" and photograph of Huey P. Newton button
MU-1745
Undated
Box 3 Folder 19
Button with sepia print photograph of Bobby Hutton, first member of the Black Panther Party
MU-1746
Undated
Box 3 Folder 19
Button with black peace sign on white background.
MU-1747
Undated
Box 3 Folder 19
Button with sepia print photograph of Eldridge Cleaver
MU-1748
Undated